I know the news has been posted about Kim Basinger but i wasn't sure if the article or scan had been posted.
Miu Miu sheds girlie image
(Filed: 28/12/2005)
Miu Miu has always been perceived as the younger sister of the cult fashion brand Prada.
Timeless elegance: Kim Basinger's mature beauty marks a shift towards a more grown-up lookCertainly, the gangly, teenage models who regularly step out on the Miu Miu catwalk twice a year at the Milan shows give the impression that this is a label for those whose Botox days are many years ahead.
Now, Miu Miu's founder and the high priestess of modern femininty, Miuccia Prada, is set to change all that with a radical choice for the label's spring/summer 2006 "face".
Ms Prada has selected the Hollywood actress Kim Basinger to front the campaign, which will certainly shift the image of Miu Miu from girlie to grown-up. Basinger is 51.
"I am always researching new ideas on beauty and femininity and the way it is perceived in contemporary culture," says Ms Prada, herself a funky 56.
"And while watching the film 8 Mile (in which Basinger played rap star Eminem's mother), I was struck by her beauty and presence."
Basinger - who began her career as a model - was photographed in the Mistinguette room of a Paris hotel by the avant-garde duo Ineez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin.
Her new role as a fashion face follows the trend set by several major designers to use celebrities rather than models to front campaigns. Versace has used Madonna, while Jennifer Lopez and Uma Thurman have both appeared for Louis Vuitton.
At 51, however, Basinger is the eldest of this new generation of models-turned-actresses-turned-models.
Fashiontelegraph.com and fashist-online by cathy